Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: High Wycombe and Staines Reservoir

Sunday, 22 March 2020

High Wycombe and Staines Reservoir - 14th March 2020

As it was just a few miles north from home, so a visit to see the Black-bellied Dipper at High Wycombe was just a bit to close to avoid making the effort to see it.

Afterwards a visit to Stoke Common produced a few Heathland species, followed by an early pm visit to Staines Reservoir where the male Long-tailed Duck was present, but distance on the north basin, along with nine Black-necked Grebes on the north and two on the south basins.

Stonechat

Black-necked Grebes

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.